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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wynnewood House, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wynnewood House and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Wynnewood House:
- 40.004100, -75.286000
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Wynnewood House
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Wynnewood House is near Delaware County and also Philadelphia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Wynnewood House
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wynnewood House ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Allgates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Allgates is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgates
- Bywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bywood is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bywood
- Carpenter
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carpenter is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
- Cedar Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Park is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
- Cherry Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cherry Dale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Dale
- Fox Fields
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fox Fields is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Fields
- Garden Court
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Court is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Court
- Grassland
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Grassland is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Gulph Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hollow Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hollow Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Woods
- Kellyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kellyville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Mechanicsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pilgrim Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pilgrim Gardens is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Gardens
- Rampart Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rampart Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rampart Ridge
- Roseglen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roseglen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseglen
- Spring Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spring Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
- Spruce Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spruce Hill is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Hill
- Strawberry Mansion
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Strawberry Mansion is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Mansion
How Far From Wynnewood House to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wynnewood House to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wynnewood House and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Wynnewood House to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 120 miles [193.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,777 miles [9,297.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,483 miles [10,433.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,359 miles [7,015.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wynnewood House) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Wynnewood House to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wynnewood House. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0041, Longitude: -75.2860 In this case, the coordinates for Wynnewood House have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.771 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.342 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.525 degrees. |
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